St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-10

Quietly, but expiditiously, he was car
ried off the T road-forN Cap.
tain Sam had a nice sense of
propriety-and left there. The amount
of lead he carried depended upon the
manner he accepted his fates Itwas.
difficult, in case justice inquired after
the man who had disappeared, to fasten,
his fate upon any onesOf Capt. Sans
men; they looked so much alike that to
punish the right man it might have
been necessary to hang the entire band,'
took the law into their own hands
except under great prevOca-
ton. Sixkiller was in the employ of the
government and under contract with
the Indian agent. His powers were
somewhat similar to those of United
States marshal. His field of action was
bounded by the limits of the territory.
Capt. Sam was a terror to evil-deerS,
and his like may not be seen in the ter
rltOry for many years.
Thomas Tail, the Cherokee sheriff,
who died last September, just as he had
promised his friends he would, was only
second to Capt. Sam as notable char
acter. AT the time of his death Thomas
Tail was respected as well as. feared, but
some years ago, about twelve, not much
respect, but great deal of fear, was en-
tertained for him. He was a bad man
in those days and was continually in
trouble. The other fellows was always
of more fatal character, for in all of
his encounters Thomas Tail killed his
man. He did not limit his exploits to
the territory, but made occasional visits
to Kansas and Texas. These visits in
variably resulted in a funeral, and
Thomas Tails return to the territory
was generally of hurried char
acter: After killing eight men,
at different times, he apparently
decided to turn over a new
sion he had his eighth encounter. His
opponent fired six shots at him with
revolver and missed each time, though
both men were on foot and the Indian
weighed 275 pounds. When his opponent
had emptied his revolver and began to
reload Thomas Tail walked toward his
horse, rested his Winchester on his sad
die, took deliberate aim and bored hole
through his opponents heart. Thomas
Tail was fine shot and took no chances
with his reputation. He was elected
sheriff twice after this affair and made
an efficient officer. Two weeks before
his death he told his friends he was
about to die, after which, he said, he
Notiiu 80 W lSil. I1S Wdutcu Ills ptStOlS
buried with him, as he intended to kill
the devil and make the place habitable
for friends who followed him.
There are more hard characters at
McAlister than in any other settlement
in the territory. A cole mine is pretty
safe spot to hide in, and the miners here
seldom take much pains to surrender to
justice fugitive who throws himself
upon their mercy. The town has pop
ulation of 1000, if good bit of the sur
rounding country is considered in
the limits. The miners are about equally
divided between English, Irish and
Scotch. There are few negroes among
them and two half-breed Indians. The
men can make from 81 to IS per day in
the busy season, and live on $40 month
during the dull season, if they care to do
so, for they can till all the ground they
want. They are not saving lot, how
ever, and when they make big months
wages it goes in short time. They at
tempt all sorts of lodges to bring rum
into the territory, but don't often sue
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